March 18 (Reuters) - A computer hacker was sentenced on
M onday to three years and five months in prison for stealing the
personal data of about 120,000 Apple Inc iPad users,
including big-city mayors, a TV network news anchor and a
Hollywood movie mogul.

Andrew Auernheimer, 27, had been convicted in November by a
Newark, New Jersey, jury of one count of conspiracy to access
AT&T Inc servers without permission, and one count of
identity theft.

The sentence imposed by U.S. District Judge Susan Wigenton
in Newark was at the high end of the 33- to 41-month range that
the U.S. Department of Justice had sought.

Prosecutors had said prison time would help deter hackers
from invading the privacy of innocent people on the Internet.